haematoma
Britishnoun
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She sustained a traumatic brain injury which resulted in a subdural haematoma and a left temporal contrecoup injury.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2018
The 32-year-old had missed his country’s opening two games because of a calf haematoma but seemed determined to make up for lost time.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2015
The first time we played he was so enthusiastic that he gave himself a massive haematoma on the thigh by whacking it with a tambourine.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2013
Home Office pathologist Stephen Leadbeatter found that the cause of death was acute left sided subdural haematoma, or bruising.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2011
The loss of tissue in both ears was due to haematoma and dry gangrene, which, however, had ceased when the photograph was taken.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John
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